In Senate, March 24, 1851 the Joint Special Committee, to which was referred so much of the Governor's address as relates to the subject of slavery, and to which was also referred numerous petitions from the inhabitants of the state, paying the Legislature to instruct their senators and to request the representatives in Congress to use their endeavors to procure a repeal of the "Fugitive Slave Law" : and also numerous other petitions praying the Legislature to provide further safe-guards to protect the citizens in the enjoyment of their natural rights, submit the following report.

Title
  1. In Senate, March 24, 1851 [electronic resource] : the Joint Special Committee, to which was referred so much of the Governor's address as relates to the subject of slavery, and to which was also referred numerous petitions from the inhabitants of the state, paying the Legislature to instruct their senators and to request the representatives in Congress to use their endeavors to procure a repeal of the "Fugitive Slave Law" : and also numerous other petitions praying the Legislature to provide further safe-guards to protect the citizens in the enjoyment of their natural rights, submit the following report.
Published by
  1. [Boston : s.n., 1851]
Author
  1. Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on Slavery.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Buckingham, Joseph T. (Joseph Tinker), 1779-1861.
Description
  1. 1 online resource (19 p.); 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Senate ; no. 51
  2. Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
Uniform title
  1. Senate (Series) (Massachusetts. General Court. Senate) ; no. 51.
  2. Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
Alternative title
  1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Subject
  1. United States
  2. Personal liberty laws
  3. Fugitive slaves > United States
  4. Slavery > United States > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
Note
  1. Title from caption and first lines of text.
  2. Signed (p. 13): "Jos. T. Buckingham, chairman."
  3. Reproduction of the original from the Oberlin College Library.
Author
  1. Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on Slavery.
Title
  1. In Senate, March 24, 1851 [electronic resource] : the Joint Special Committee, to which was referred so much of the Governor's address as relates to the subject of slavery, and to which was also referred numerous petitions from the inhabitants of the state, paying the Legislature to instruct their senators and to request the representatives in Congress to use their endeavors to procure a repeal of the "Fugitive Slave Law" : and also numerous other petitions praying the Legislature to provide further safe-guards to protect the citizens in the enjoyment of their natural rights, submit the following report.
Imprint
  1. [Boston : s.n., 1851]
Series
  1. Senate ; no. 51
  2. Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
  3. Senate (Series) (Massachusetts. General Court. Senate) ; no. 51.
  4. Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
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Added author
  1. Buckingham, Joseph T. (Joseph Tinker), 1779-1861.
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